October 3, 2025 Nolan Hughes

With three more qualifier events for the 2025 BowlTV PBA Regional Players Invitational (RPI) in the books, 10 more players have secured their berths in the regional tours’ season finale.

The RPI will take place Dec. 11-14 at the National Bowling Stadium in Reno, Nev. The end-of-season tournament for the PBA and PBA50 Regional Tours will ultimately include 100 PBA and 49 PBA50 division players.

PBA50 Southwest Region

In the Lone Star State, Paul Fleming captured the PBA50 Waxahachie BowlTV RPI Qualifier title.

Fleming snuck into the stepladder finals as the fourth qualifier. He then defeated Michael Hudson, Michael McHugh and Tony Lanning (the only player to average more than 200 in qualifying) to claim the title.

Fleming will be joined in Reno by Lanning and McHugh.

PBA Southwest Region

Days removed from being named this year’s PBA Steve Nagy Sportsmanship award recipient, 21-year-old Deo Benard brought home his 14th career regional tour title in the PBA Oklahoma City Open & BowlTV RPI Qualifier.

Benard led qualifying by 315 pins, a margin of 21 pins per game. He polished off his dominant performance with a 278-212 title match victory over fellow two-handed southpaw Packy Hanrahan.

With Hanrahan ineligible to compete in the RPI, Chasten Pojas, Dallas Leong and Corey Umbrello earned the Southwest Region’s remaining three RPI berths.

PBA50 Central Region

Kyle Bigelow won the PBA50 RPI Central Classic presented by Fayette Drywall & MWPD Painting. He averaged more than 210 outlast the field through the 20-game event.

Bigelow, Darryl Bower and Michael Clark Jr. will represent the region in the RPI.

The PBA Central and PBA South RPI qualifiers are scheduled for this weekend. EJ Tackett's EZ Bowl will host the PBA Central Region RPI qualifier, while the PBA South Region heads to Port St. Luci in Florida.

Both events will be livestreamed on BowlTV.

The first four players to secure their spot in the RPI were Alex Horton, Joe Paluszek, Andrew Hall and Andrew Suscreba out of the PBA East Region.

More information on the RPI, including eligibility and rules, is available here.

PBA RPI Qualifier Schedule

PBA East
BowlTV RPI Qualifier presented by Bally's Dover Casino Resort
Alex Horton, Joe Paluszek, Andrew Hall and Andrew Suscreba

PBA50 East
PBA50 Ripic's Carousel Lanes East Region BowlTV RPI Open
October 10-12
Binghamton, New York

PBA Central
PBA Family Ford of Bluffton/Yergis BBQ/EZ Bowl Central Open powered by QubicaAMF EDGE String
October 3-5
Bluffton, Indiana

PBA50 Central
PBA50 RPI Central Classic presented by Fayette Drywall & MWPD Painting
Kyle Bigelow, Darryl Bower and Michael Clark Jr.

PBA Midwest
PBA Strike N Spare 2 Midwest BowlTV RPI Qualifier
October 24-26
Lockport, Illinois

PBA50 Midwest
PBA50 Strike N Spare 2 Midwest BowlTV RPI Qualifier
October 24-26
Lockport, Illinois

PBA South
PBA Saint Lucie Lanes BowlTV RPI South Open
October 3-5
Port St. Lucie, Florida

PBA50 South
PBA50 Jeff Schrum Memorial BowlTV RPI South Open
October 31-November 2
Gastonia, North Carolina

PBA Southwest
PBA Oklahoma City Open & BowlTV RPI Qualifier
Deo Benard, Chasten Pojas, Dallas Leong and Corey Umbrello

PBA50 Southwest
PBA50 Waxahachie BowlTV RPI Qualifier
Paul Fleming, Tony Lanning and Mike McHugh

PBA West
BowlTV PBA RPI South Point Hotel Casino Open
November 8-9
Las Vegas, Nevada

PBA50 West
BowlTV PBA50 RPI South Point Hotel Casino Classic
November 8-9
Las Vegas, Nevada

PBA Northwest
BowlTV PBA RPI Jim Kent Memorial Qualifier
October 10-12
Lakewood, Washington

PBA50 Northwest
BowlTV PBA50 RPI Gary Mage Memorial Qualifier
October 10-12
Lakewood, Washington